Toronto police have identified the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a woman in a North York parking lot on Thursday.
A 14-year-old male youth from Toronto, is wanted for second-degree murder, police said in a news release on Friday. Police obtained judicial authorization to name him and release photos of him because he is a young person whose identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
He is wanted for an “unprovoked” attack on Shahnaz Pestonji, 71, of Toronto, on Thursday at about 9:37 a.m. in the area of Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue E.
Police believe that the incident was “a robbery that escalated into a deadly attack,” Det. Matthew Pinfold, of police’s homicide and missing persons unit, told reporters at a news conference on Friday.
Pestonji was loading groceries into her car when she was attacked, police have said.
When officers arrived, they found her with stab wounds. She was taken to hospital, where she died.